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"Poverty must be reduced not only for reasons of moral and justice, but also of security."
Anna Lindh
"Poverty must be reduced not only for reasons of moral and justice, but also of security."
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"Justice deferred is justice denied."
Diane Watson
"Justice deferred is justice denied."
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"Even though the Judge would charge the jury that they should listen to all the evidence before they made up their minds, the chances were likely that 100% of them will have already decided if William was guilty or not before the trial was over."
Kenneth Eade
"Even though the Judge would charge the jury that they should listen to all the evidence before they made up their minds, the chances were likely that 100% of them will have already decided if William was guilty or not before the trial was over."
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"What I perceive, is above all justice, where everyone has the same law."
Imran Khan
"What I perceive, is above all justice, where everyone has the same law."
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"I, like many members of my generation, was concerned with segregation and the repeated violation of civil rights."
Joseph E. Stiglitz
"I, like many members of my generation, was concerned with segregation and the repeated violation of civil rights."
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"Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom."
Nelson Mandela
"Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom."
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"I think it's good for sporting justice that Ronaldo scored twice in the final."
Just Fontaine
"I think it's good for sporting justice that Ronaldo scored twice in the final."
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"To exist as an interpreter of the law, you first have to follow that law yourself. Law is the glue that holds society together. It's flawed, but absolute, and corruption only hinders its progress."
Rebecca McNutt
"To exist as an interpreter of the law, you first have to follow that law yourself. Law is the glue that holds society together. It's flawed, but absolute, and corruption only hinders its progress."
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"Some people have a hard time getting rid of stuff. If that's you, pray for God to give you the courage to get rid of things you don't really need or things He wants you to give away. This will help keep your surroundings organized and clutter-free."
Joyce Meyer
"Some people have a hard time getting rid of stuff. If that's you, pray for God to give you the courage to get rid of things you don't really need or things He wants you to give away. This will help keep your surroundings organized and clutter-free."
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"Justice and goodwill will outlast passion."
James A. Garfield
"Justice and goodwill will outlast passion."
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"The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government."
George Washington
"The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government."
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"Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race."
Hesiod
"Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race."
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"In order to effectively protect our loved ones, we must provide the American public with unfettered access to know who these dangerous criminals are and where they are living."
Paul Gillmor
"In order to effectively protect our loved ones, we must provide the American public with unfettered access to know who these dangerous criminals are and where they are living."
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"I'm armed with more than complete steel, - The justice of my quarrel."
Christopher Marlowe
"I'm armed with more than complete steel, - The justice of my quarrel."
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"There is always room at the top - after the investigation."
Oliver Herford
"There is always room at the top - after the investigation."
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"They do injury to the good who spares the bad."
Publilius Syrus
"They do injury to the good who spares the bad."
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"A person who has a criminal mind and would be punished by the referees and they will remain in isolation from others as an opportunity for them to reform. When he or she get released from his or her referees' custody, he or she would have a better understanding about the ethical and moral values of his or her society and not make the same mistake again."
Saaif Alam
"A person who has a criminal mind and would be punished by the referees and they will remain in isolation from others as an opportunity for them to reform. When he or she get released from his or her referees' custody, he or she would have a better understanding about the ethical and moral values of his or her society and not make the same mistake again."
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"When justice is more certain and more mild, is at the same time more efficacious."
Alexis de Tocqueville
"When justice is more certain and more mild, is at the same time more efficacious."
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"She wanted us to feel we were above everyone in the town. She really did tell us that we were related to Chief Justice John Marshall, and that may have been true. I never did bother to find out."
Fay Wray
"She wanted us to feel we were above everyone in the town. She really did tell us that we were related to Chief Justice John Marshall, and that may have been true. I never did bother to find out."
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"It's the law, Jack. When the government breaks the law, they have to toe the line."
Kenneth Eade
"It's the law, Jack. When the government breaks the law, they have to toe the line."
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"Judges must be free from political intervention or intimidation."
Stockwell Day
"Judges must be free from political intervention or intimidation."
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"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. a burn for a burn. a life for a life. that's how all this got started. and that's how it's going to end."
Jenny Han
"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. a burn for a burn. a life for a life. that's how all this got started. and that's how it's going to end."
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"I am he who cometh out of the depths. My lords, you are great and rich. There lies your danger. You profit by the night; but beware! The dawn is all-powerful. You cannot prevail over it. It is coming. Nay! it is come. Within it is the day-spring of irresistible light. And who shall hinder that sling from hurling the sun into the sky. The sun I speak of is Right. You are Privilege. Tremble!"
Victor Hugo
"I am he who cometh out of the depths. My lords, you are great and rich. There lies your danger. You profit by the night; but beware! The dawn is all-powerful. You cannot prevail over it. It is coming. Nay! it is come. Within it is the day-spring of irresistible light. And who shall hinder that sling from hurling the sun into the sky. The sun I speak of is Right. You are Privilege. Tremble!"
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"Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice."
Plato
"Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice."
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"Vengeance and retribution require a long time, it is the rule."
Charles Dickens
"Vengeance and retribution require a long time, it is the rule."
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"Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second."
Agatha Christie
"Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second."
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"...when a wife wouldn't testify, little punishment was meted out. Alex came to understand that only those who pressed charges ever became truly free, because the life they were leading was a prison, even if most of them wouldn't admit it."
Nicholas Sparks
"...when a wife wouldn't testify, little punishment was meted out. Alex came to understand that only those who pressed charges ever became truly free, because the life they were leading was a prison, even if most of them wouldn't admit it."
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"When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income."
Plato
"When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income."
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"Justice is a terrible but necessary thing."
Jessamyn West
"Justice is a terrible but necessary thing."
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"I've got a right to knock down anybody holding a bat."
Early Wynn
"I've got a right to knock down anybody holding a bat."
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"It is vital that Iraq and the United States together send the clearest possible signal that those who commit acts of violence against American military forces and American civilians will not be rewarded with amnesty."
Ike Skelton
"It is vital that Iraq and the United States together send the clearest possible signal that those who commit acts of violence against American military forces and American civilians will not be rewarded with amnesty."
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"Thou shalt not ration justice."
Learned Hand
"Thou shalt not ration justice."
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"Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used--not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless."
Elizabeth Gaskell
"Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used--not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless."
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"In the world of so-called villains, what we need is not another hero. What we need is to stop the influx of people who dress themselves as menaces and proceed to harm others."
Vironika Tugaleva
"In the world of so-called villains, what we need is not another hero. What we need is to stop the influx of people who dress themselves as menaces and proceed to harm others."
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"Angelina, I think of you as my friend, the dearest of friends, and it tortures me to go against you, but now is the time to stand with the slave. The time will come for us to take up the woman question, but not yet.''The time to assert one's right is when it's denied!"
Sue Monk Kidd
"Angelina, I think of you as my friend, the dearest of friends, and it tortures me to go against you, but now is the time to stand with the slave. The time will come for us to take up the woman question, but not yet.''The time to assert one's right is when it's denied!"
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"Every social injustice is not only cruel, but it is economic waste."
William Feather
"Every social injustice is not only cruel, but it is economic waste."
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"Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die."
Martin Luther
"Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die."
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"There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is."
Isaac Bashevis Singer
"There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is."
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"Confront your fears. Find their root. Educate yourself. Reach out for help. Defeat your fears or they will defeat you. Never give up."
Akiroq Brost
"Confront your fears. Find their root. Educate yourself. Reach out for help. Defeat your fears or they will defeat you. Never give up."
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"His laws once broken, His justice and the very nature of those laws bring the immutable retribution; but if we turn penitently to Him, He enables us to bear our punishment with a meek and docile heart, 'for His mercy endureth forever."
Elizabeth Gaskell
"His laws once broken, His justice and the very nature of those laws bring the immutable retribution; but if we turn penitently to Him, He enables us to bear our punishment with a meek and docile heart, 'for His mercy endureth forever."
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"An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says that violence should be resisted not by counter-violence but by nonviolence. This I do by breaking the law and by peacefully submitting to arrest and imprisonment."
Mahatma Gandhi
"An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says that violence should be resisted not by counter-violence but by nonviolence. This I do by breaking the law and by peacefully submitting to arrest and imprisonment."
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"The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house."
Audre Lorde
"The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house."
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"You cannot be fair to others without first being fair to yourself.Know that a well-honed sense of justice is a measure of personal experience, and all experience is a measure of self.Know that the highest expression of justice is mercy.Thus, as the supreme judge in your own court, you must have compassion for yourself.Otherwise, cede your gavel."
Vera Nazarian
"You cannot be fair to others without first being fair to yourself.Know that a well-honed sense of justice is a measure of personal experience, and all experience is a measure of self.Know that the highest expression of justice is mercy.Thus, as the supreme judge in your own court, you must have compassion for yourself.Otherwise, cede your gavel."
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"It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins."
Bugs Baer
"It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins."
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"There are those among you who seek the talkative through fear of being alone.The silence of aloneness reveals to their eyes their naked selves and they would escape.And there are those who talk, and without knowledge or forethought reveal a truth which they themselves do not understand.And there are those who have the truth within them, but they tell it not in words.In the bosom of such as these the spirit dwells in rhythmic silence."
Kahlil Gibran
"There are those among you who seek the talkative through fear of being alone.The silence of aloneness reveals to their eyes their naked selves and they would escape.And there are those who talk, and without knowledge or forethought reveal a truth which they themselves do not understand.And there are those who have the truth within them, but they tell it not in words.In the bosom of such as these the spirit dwells in rhythmic silence."
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"We've heard many people say and have often said ourselves that justice is doing one's own work and not meddling with what isn't one's own ... Then, it turns out that this doing one's own work-provided that it comes to be in a certain way-is justice."
Plato
"We've heard many people say and have often said ourselves that justice is doing one's own work and not meddling with what isn't one's own ... Then, it turns out that this doing one's own work-provided that it comes to be in a certain way-is justice."
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"Well, what do they all amount to, these kings and captains and bishops and lawyers and such like? They just leave you in the ditch to bleed to death; and the next thing is, you meet them down there, for all the airs they give themselves."
George Bernard Shaw
"Well, what do they all amount to, these kings and captains and bishops and lawyers and such like? They just leave you in the ditch to bleed to death; and the next thing is, you meet them down there, for all the airs they give themselves."
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"Rape is something very obscene and this act must always be intervened by authorities, so victims will not end up suffering from a post traumatic disorder."
Saaif Alam
"Rape is something very obscene and this act must always be intervened by authorities, so victims will not end up suffering from a post traumatic disorder."
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"That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer."
Phaedrus
"That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer."
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"My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls."
James Broughton
"My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls."
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